This Wicked Race Songtext
von Harry Belafonte

My Lord′s gonna move this wicked race
This wicked race, this wicked race
My Lord's gonna move this wicked race
And raise up a nation that shall obey

My Lord′s gonna move this wicked race
This wicked race, this wicked race
My Lord's gonna move this wicked race
And raise up a nation that shall obey

Sister Mary wore three links of chain (three links of chain)
Three links of chain (three links of chain), three links of chain (three links of chain)
Sister Mary wore three links of chain
And every link was in my Jesus name (my Jesus name)

Nicodemus, he desire to know (desire to know)
Desire to know (desire to know), desire to know (desire to know)
Nicodemus, he desire to know
How can a man be born again (be born again)


My Lord said a fire is gonna take place (is gonna take place)
Is gonna take place (is gonna take place), is gonna take place (is gonna take place)
My Lord said a fire is gonna take place
And you can only be saved by grace (be saved by grace)

Brother Daniel pray three times a day (three times a day)
Three times a day (three times a day), three times a day (three times a day)
Brother Daniel pray three times a day
And these are the words I heard him say (I heard him say)

My Lord's gonna move this wicked race (this wicked race)
This wicked race (this wicked race), this wicked race (this wicked race)
My Lord′s gonna move this wicked race
And raise up a nation that shall obey (that shall obey)

Sister Mary wore three links of chain
Every link was in my Jesus name
Sister Mary, she′d shout for joy
She gave birth to the Jesus boy

Brother Daniel love the Master's law
Saved him from the lion′s jaw
Brother Daniel pray three times a day
These are the words I heard him say


My Lord's gonna move this wicked race (this wicked race)
This wicked race (this wicked race), this wicked race (this wicked race)
My Lord′s gonna move this wicked race
And raise up a nation that shall obey (that shall obey)

That shall obey (that shall obey)
That shall obey (that shall obey)
That shall obey (that shall obey)
That shall obey (that shall obey)
That shall obey (that shall obey)

That shall obey (that shall obey)
That shall obey (that shall obey)
That shall obey (that shall obey)
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